British Columbia

Wildfire near Lytton remains out of control at 1,500 hectares in size: BCWS

LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's Wildfire Service says it is bringing in another 21-person unit crew to help fight a wildfire that broke out Thursday nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the ...

Jul 16, 2022

Vehicle waited for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before shooting in B.C.: police

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a vehicle with "multiple" people inside was waiting for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before he was killed in a parking lot in Surrey, B.C. Malik was one of the two men acquitt...

Jul 15, 2022

Wildfire grows near Lytton, B.C., 60-person crew joins fight says wildfire service

LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire blazing just west of Lytton, B.C., has now scorched five square kilometres of trees and bush, more than doubling in size in less than 12 hours. BC Wildfire Service spokeswoma...

Jul 15, 2022

B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra billing and pr...

Jul 15, 2022

Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse

VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...

Jul 15, 2022

BC Wildfire Service responds to blaze near fire-ravaged Lytton

LYTTON, B.C. - An aggressive fire was spreading Thursday just west of Lytton, B.C., the same community all but wiped out by a blaze last year. BC Wildfire Service reported the fire was about 1.7 kilom...

Jul 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Man acquitted in Air India bombing, shot dead: media reports say

SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...

Jul 14, 2022

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project approved, expected to be completed by 2028

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's transportation minister says the business plan and funding for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project has been officially approved. Rob Fleming says the project is expec...

Jul 14, 2022

Overdose deaths for May reach new heights in B.C., says chief coroner

VICTORIA - The British Columbia chief coroner says the province is on pace to lose another record number of people to toxic drugs this year. There were at least 195 deaths from overdoses in May, the h...

Jul 14, 2022

Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing

VANCOUVER - Researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum technology development that has the potential to leave today's supercomputers in the dust, opening the door to advances in fields including ...

Jul 14, 2022